Senior Project Manager (Remote in CA)

As a Senior Project Manager within Corporate Development Delivery, apply your project management expertise to lead medium to large, cross-functional initiatives supporting acquisitions, organizational changes, business integrations, and other strategic priorities. Partner with business sponsors, Finance and Accounting leaders, and enterprise functional teams-with a strong Finance and Accounting integration focus-to translate strategic priorities into coordinated execution that supports sustainable business outcomes. Our team works at the intersection of strategy and execution. We value curiosity, structure in ambiguity, cross-functional trust, constructive challenge, and consistent execution. This is a highly visible role for someone who enjoys solving complex business problems and partnering with senior leaders. What You'll Do: • Partner with business sponsors and cross-functional leaders to align priorities, establish governance, and define delivery strategies. • Lead discovery of current-state business and accounting processes, identifying requirements, gaps, dependencies, and future-state needs. • Coordinate functional teams to define, prepare for, and implement future-state processes and operational changes. • Coordinate financial systems and business process integration, working with accountable technology and functional experts to support readiness and transition. • Lead end-to-end delivery, defining measurable success criteria and tailoring project management practices to each initiative while managing scope, milestones, dependencies, ownership, risks, issues, and changes. • Provide senior leaders with actionable visibility into progress, risks, decisions, and outcomes. • Use data and stakeholder feedback to reassess priorities, evaluate trade-offs, remove barriers, and drive resolution or timely escalation. • Coordinate cross-functional business readiness, stabilization, and handoff to operational owners. What You'll Bring: • Bachelors/Master's degree in finance, accounting, or a business field • PMP Certification preferred • 5+ years of progressive project management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives. • Working knowledge of project governance, methodologies, and enterprise technologies to plan and coordinate effectively. • Oracle or comparable enterprise financial systems integration experience preferred. • Experience leading complex, cross-functional business changes or integrations; Finance and Accounting process migration experience preferred. • Ability to bridge business needs and technical execution across functional teams. • Strong executive communication and influence, including presenting decisions, recommendations, and trade-offs. • Strong financial and business acumen • Connect strategic objectives to execution, bringing structure to ambiguity and adapting to changing priorities. • Proven ability to independently lead complex, cross-functional projects using sound judgment and established governance practices. • Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and constructively challenge assumptions without direct authority. Pay Range: $97,700.00 - $130,300.00 Annually This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location. Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.